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G. GADE.

DEVICE FOR HANDLING SHE-LP GOODS, (Sac.

No. 395,949. Patented Jan. 8, 1889.

NITED STATES PATENT FIcE.

GEORGE CADE, OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN V.MAUMEE, OF SAME PLACE.

DEVICE FOR HANDLING SHELF GOODS, 800.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 395,949, dated January8, 1889.

Application filed July 10, 1888. Serial No. 279,564. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE CADE, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Momphis, in the county of Shelby and State of Tennessee,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices forHandling Shelf Goods, &C.; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will e11-able others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form apart of this specification, and in which- Figure l is a perspective viewof my device or apparatus when not in .use. Fig. 3 is a similar view ofthe apparatus as when in use; and Figs. 3 and '-l-. are perspectivedetail views of the head or upper part of the device.

Like letters of reference indicate correspending parts in all thefigures.

My invention has relation to devices for handling goods which aredisposed upon shelves out of reach except bymeans of a lad dcr, or whichare suspended from hooks to the under side of the ceiling of a store orwareroom; and it consists in the construction and combination of partsof the apparatus which will be hereinafter more fully described, wherebya person may handle these goods that is, take them down and againreplace themiu a simple and expeditiousmanner without the use of aladder, thereby saving time, labor, and annoyance inshowing goods topurchasers and others.

Reference being had to the accompanying drawings, the letter Adesignates a pole of any suitable length and material, the upper end ofwhich is beveled and provided, by preference, with a disk or plate, 1-3,of rubber, leather, or other suitable material. To the back part of thepole, opposite to its beveled side or face, is attached a hook, l, whichmay be made of wire of the form shown in the drawings, or any other formof hook may be employed, if preferred. To opposite sides of the upperpart of the pole, and at right angles to the rearwardly-proj ectinghook, is fastened a pair of arms,D D,the outwardly-projecting ends ofwhich form eyes E E for the insertion of the wire loop F. This loop ispreferably made of tempered steel wire of suitable thickness, or fiatsteel spring, and the inner ends of the loop, after passing through theguideeyes E E and guide or keeper 0 on the back part of the pole, arefastened to the upper ends of a pair of arms, G, which, in conjunctionwith the lower arms, H H, constitute a toggle-joint or toggle-lever, theupper pair of arms, G G, crossing each other and having their fulcrumupon a pin or belt, I, inserted into the pole. lhe lower ends of thelowermost arms H H are connected and fastened upon a hook, J, at theupper end of the sliding rod K, which slides through staples or keepersL, inserted into the back part of the pole. Rod K is provided at itslower end with a loop, M, encircling the pole, and having a projection,N, on one side, which forms a convenient handle for operating the rod.This device or apparatus is used as follows: If it is desired to removean article standing upon a shelf or suspended from a hookas, forexample, a bootthe loop F at the upper on d of the pole is drawn overthe article as, in the present illustration, the boot-legand by thenpushing the sliding rod K in an upward direction the loop will becontracted, so as to grasp or bind upon the article inserted through it,as represented in dotted lines in Fig. 2 of the drawings, when thearticle inquestion may readil ybe lifted off of the hook or shelf, asthe case may be, and taken down for the inspection of the customer. Byrelaxing the loop, which is done simply by re leasing the hand from thesliding red, the spring in the loop will bring itself back to its normalposition and the article is readily and instantly released. lVhen, afterexamination, it is again desired to replace it, this is done by againfastening it in the loop, as aforesaid, and then lifting it up to itsproper place upon the shelf or under the ceiling, after which the loopis relaxed by pulling rod K down, and the apparatus is detached from thearticle and placed in one corner, out of the way and ready for use.

The advantages of this apparatus are so obvious as to require no lengthyexplanation. It can be manufactured at a small cost, is 100 always ready[or use, and will handle the articles without the slightest injury tothe same. It? desired, in handling fine goods the flexible loop 1 may becovered with cloth, rubber, or other suitable material, to preventabrasion oi the articles grasped by it. The upper beveled part of thepole being covered with a disk of leather or rubber prevents ehafin ofthe artiele during the process of applying or again removing the deviee,and the hook C at the upper end of the pole will be found eonvenient foruse son'ietimes when there is no neeessity of employing the loop.

Having thus deseri bed my invention, I elaim and desire to secure byLetters Patent ot' the lI'nited States 1. The combination of the pole,the slidingrod, the toggle joint or lever, t he flexible loop, and thearms for g'uid'in and su 'iporting the my own l have hereunto at'tixedmy signat nre' in presenee of two witnesses.

GEORGE CADE. \Vit nesses:

L. 1). ADAMS, 1,. M. Goommx.

